Announcing the Conference Theme for 2006!

Conference theme has been voted on and the tallies are in! The Comparative Studies 2006 conference will be: “The Arts, Culture and Society : Intersections of Class, race and gender.”

Dates: Friday and Saturday, February 24-25, 2006.

How do the intersections of race, class, and gender inform historical, sociological, linguistic, literary, and media studies? This conference will provide avenues of discussion relating to ethnic, class and sexual identity, collective consciousness, collective action, as well as the contribution that academic research can bring to such issues.

True to its interdisciplinary nature, PISA will welcome speakers from the academy as well as community activists and journalists. The goal of this conference would be the creation of a dialogue toward the discovery and promotion of new insights on how definitions of race, class, and gender affect academic and public discourse.

The conference activities will also include performance(s) by students in the program at/after the opening reception on Friday and an exhibit of student art (program and College) relating to theme/panels of conference.

Because we also had very strong showings for the Humor, Education and the Protesting Faces of War categories, we have decided to add these themes under the umbrella of the main conference theme. Thus, we will incorporate panels that look at intersections of Class, Race and Gender within:

a) Education and the Community
b) Framing War and Protest
c) Humor and Resistance

Thanks to all who voted and offered feedback. More information will be forthcoming!
PISA